Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-14
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The Behring'. Sea Seizures.

| been made upon the Government of the
| United States. The correspondence be-
tween the two Governments on the sub
| ject was very limited. 1t opened with a
letter from the English Government re-
| citing the fact Of the seizures and asking
for information relative to the details.
This was received in September last. and
| Secretary Bayard Immediately made an
examination of the matter, 1t became
necessary to secure a record Of the pro-
ceedings before the United States Court in
Alaska which had resulted in the con-
demnation of the sealers and it was not
until the following February that it was
received at the Department. A careful
| examination was then made of the law
| and of the treaty OF cession by which the
| United States became possessed of Alaska,
which resulted in an order for the release
of the vessels.
knocking Out Republicans.
WASHINGTON. May 13th-[Special.] /
Representative Thompson of California
will leave Washington for home Monday.
He thinks his visit here has been of service
| to himself and his constituents. He has
made many valuable acquaintance. and
| has familiarized himself with the routine
| of business in the departments, that will be
| of service when his actual duties as a mem
| Der of Congress begin. Thompson has not
| only succeeded in securing quite num-
| Der of changes in offices formerly held by
| Republicans in California, but has set the
| machinery in motion to secure other
changes, which will be announced at no
| distant day.
Printers Union Contribution.
New YORK, May 13th.-Every member
of the International Typographical Union
east of the Mississippi river set 900 ems
| yesterday for the Childs-Drexel fund
| When the International Union was in ses-
sion at Pittsburg last year a check for $l0,-
600 was received from George w. Childs, to
start fund for the Union. One-half was
contributed by a. J. Drexel. The Union
adopted a recommendation that ON Sep
| tember 18th, DrexePs birthday, ever printer
west of the Mississippi should set 1,0o0 ems
| for the fund. The result amounted to over
| 81, 200. May 18th was Mr.. Childs birth
day, and the printers in the East were to
| do the same 1t is supposed the fund will
be swelled by more than So, 600 through
yesterdays work.
| Proposed Baseball Changes.
! CINCINNATI, May 13th.-Every club in
the American Association was represented
! at the special meeting held here to-day to
| amend the batting rules. The rule giving
| a base-hit to the batter who secured his
! base on balls was abolished. Hereafter
such base will be counted as mot at bat -
! The strike rule was also amended, making
| three strikes instead of four necessary to
retire the batter. No change was made in
| the pitchers position. These changes were
referred to the Committee on Rules, who
| must confer with a similar committee of
{ the League and obtain their concurrence
before the rules can go into effect.
The New Treasurer.
WASHINGTON, May 13th.-The Secretary
of the Treasury has formally notified Hyatt,
! who is now at his home in Norwalk, Conn,
of his appointment as Treasurer of the
| United States, and it is supposed that the
new appointee will file his bond and take
| the oath of office early next week. The
! transfer of the Office from the outgoing TO
the incoming Treasurer will involve an
account of all the cash and securities in the
! Treasury.
International Sunday-School Convention.
CHICAGO, May 13th.-The International
Sunday-school Convention will be held at
| Battery DIS armory, in this city, on the 1st.
| I'd and Sd of June. Chairs will be placed
| in the hall, and fully 800 delegates, with
a like number of alternates, from all parts
| OF the United States and from foreign
| countries are expected.
| our Nlhes III Frdnces
| New YORK, May 13th.-The Commercial
| Bulletin says: French wine experts who
| have been sampling lot of average Cali
fornia wines received in Paris, assert that
| they will fully compete with petit Bordeaux
wines. This is good word for California
| wines. Of course, just as a lively trade
| springs up, the protection-crazy French
Government will levy prohibitory duty
| on all American wines.
Baseball Record.
CINCINNATI, May 13th.-Cincinnatis -,
| Metropolitans 4.
PrTsBURG -Pittsburg ., Indianapolis 3.
LoUIsvILLE-Louisvilles 4, Athletics l.
| PHILADELPHIA-New York /, Philadel-
phia 6.
CHICAGo-Chicagos I, Detroits II.
ST. LoUIs-St Louis II Baltimore 4.
| BosToN-Washingto 5, Bostons s.
Grave Charges Against a Lawyer.
| New YORK, May 13th.-James Learpey,
| a lawyer, surrendered himself to the au-
| thorities to-day. He pleaded not guilty to
the charge of forgery, on which a warrant
was out for his arrest. He is said to have
| defrauded various persons out of $4,000.
| Twenty Thousand Short.
WILMINGTON (Del.), May 13th.-Peter J.
| Ford, of the Ford & Ryan Morocco Com
| pdlyJ anu all tAle1SlNe Tedl eSlabe man, j,
| contractor and builder, failed to-day. His
liabilities are 100000, and his assets
| $50, 600.
The Champion Oarsmen.
WORCESTER (Mass), May 13th.-It has
been decided to row the Hanlan- Gaudauer
race on the Both instant, at Pullman, Ill.
For Vaterlsnd.
New YORK, May 13th.-Prince Frederick
Leopold, of Germany, will sail for Liver
| pool tomorrow.
High License Bill Signed.
HARRISBURG pa, May 18th. Governor
Beaver has signed the high license bill.
Steamer on Fire.
PROVIDENCE r.. L., May 14th-A. M-At
1:3o this morning the steamer Empire
State, laid up at Bristol, was discovered TO
be on fire. The flames are in full possess
sion of the vessel, and she will probably be
a total loss. The Providence, Bristol and
Warren Railroad round-house, in close
proximity, were endangered, and the cars
were taken out.
A Murderer "Squeals."
New York. May 14th-A M.-James f.
Taylor, who, together with Henry B.
Chamberlln, was arrested for the murder of
Mrs. Margaret Ernest in New Haven, has
| made detailed confession in writing He
charges Chamberlain with having per-
suaded him to assist in robbing Mrs. Ernest
and also with being the leader throughout
the robbery and murder
SECOND CONFESSION
The remarkable point connected with
the confession is that Chamberlain fully
indorses it in the following voluntary
statement: II, Henry B. Chamberlain,
have heard read the annexed statement
made by James F. Taylor. I am the per-
son mentioned as Henry Clark. and corro-
borate ii in every detail as true"
FATE OF A Cow THAT ATE SoAP.-Men-
ton was made in this paper a short time
since about COW in Montgomery county
eating several bars of soap, and also the
fact that the COW died and that the owner